Amit Parashar is the FOUNDER & CEO of XpertConnect, a group company of Factorial Solutions Pte. Ltd. founded by him in 2002. Amit has successful track record of building companies on a self sustainable model with expertise in providing leadership and direction for maintaining effective business relationships. His extraordinary ability to drive and motivate people makes him a strategist with sharp eye on both top & bottom line profitability.

Amit has more than 15 years of experience in the Information Technology and Consulting business. Prior to starting Factorial, Amit was heading the professional services business for a Singapore based consulting firm 'Genovate Solutions'. He also served as a CEO for 'Amity Software' in APAC region.

Amit holds a Masters Degree in International Business from Center of Management Studies, New Delhi and Post Graduation in Marketing and Sales Management from YMCA. He is an alumnus of Delhi University from where he graduated in Commerce & Economics.

amit@xpertconnect.org



Subodh Kaushik, REGIONAL MANAGER, ASEAN has cross-functional management experience in Sales & Marketing, Professional Services & Product Management. Subodh has been with the company since inception and has been responsible for customer engagement, alliances and vendor management in the Singapore region.

With 14 years of work experience, Subodh brings with him the energy to lead and motivate large teams. He provides a balance between technology, people management and communication skills needed to execute and deliver. His earlier assignments were with PEROT SYSTEMS, Singapore and NEWGEN SOFTWARE in India.

Subodh holds Bachelors degree in Computer Science & Masters in Management from M.D.University, India.

subodh@xpertconnect.org



Puja P. Malik, HEAD-RESEARCH TEAM carries an excellent ability to understand the intricacies of the clients and helps the researchers in delivering the right solutions to connect the bridge between clients and Experts. Puja is driven by the ongoing challenge in this industry and has lot of plans and opportunities within her team for people who have the desire to succeed.

Her 10 years experience is a perfect blend of technology and search which has tremendously helped the company in maintaining PREFERRED VENDOR status with all our international and leading clients.

In her past experience with SIEMENS, ALCATEL and SINGAPORE IMMIGRATION, she has independently handled projects as a technical consultant. She also worked with PLANETUS PEOPLE an HR consulting company.

A rank holder from Delhi University in Mathematics (Honors), she also has Masters in Computer Applications (MCA) to her credit.

puja@xpertconnect.org



Bala Iyer, FINANCE CONTROLLER is responsible for cost optimization, procurement and management of funds, advising on structuring of biz and new projects at optimum costs and fiscal benefits. He is based out of Singapore office and controls the overall finance and accounts function for the group companies.

He has more than 20 years of experience and area of expertise include corporate management and financial planning besides management of HR, Legal, commercial, financial and statutory obligations for the company.

Bala is a qualified Chartered Accountant and Company Secretary from India.

bala@xpertconnect.org

Advisory Board


Rakesh Chopra
, Managing Director of Icon Resources & Technologies Pte. Ltd., Singapore is B.Tech in Electronics & Telecom Engineering and a Post Graduate in Management from Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Bangalore.

He has over 20 years experience in Sales, Marketing, Business Development and Commercial functions in the IT industry. Rakesh has worked for Wipro Infotech and ACI in various senior roles before promoting Icon in 1999. His immense knowledge and experience in successfully running a profitable business with a global perspective adds tremendous value in shaping the company’s foundation in terms of business processes and identifying growth opportunities.

His Company has recently received fastest growing SME 500 AWARD from Singapore Government.



Sumit Gupta, an Engineering graduate from Jamia Milia University is a specialist in internet technologies and e-enabling of businesses including scrutiny of revenue models for e-enabled businesses. Ability to suggest/adapt latest or existing technologies for task at hand, instead of building solutions from scratch, is what truly reflects his abilities.

In 15+ years of rich experience, Sumit has designed and developed two top-of-the-line software products, Tarantula and AudioManage. Some of his products have even been rated better than Microsoft corporations and have received personal accolades from people like Larry Ellison (CEO of Oracle Corporation).

Currently having consulting assignments with some well established organizations in capacity of CTO/CIO, Sumit's contribution to XpertConnect is in determining where value-additions can be done in solution architecting and setting up technology direction for the company.



Rajnish Ranjan is a qualified Legal Practitioner who specializes into J.V. Agreements, Collaborations and FDI Participations as per guidelines of Government of India with foreign partners; strategic tie ups, international and Indian business partnerships.

14 years of experience has made him gain vast legal expertise on conveyances, negotiations, IPR issues, M & A, Cyber Laws etc. He has represented diverse clients at various courts like civil & criminal, High Courts, the Supreme Court of India and specialised forums like MRTP Commission and various other National Commissions.

He has graduated from Campus Law Centre, Delhi University in 1995 and PGDM from ICFAI.